Motorcycle Racer Larry Pegram & Daughter Riley Going IMSA Car Racing
01/06/2025 04:25 PM
Pegram Racing Taking On 2025 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
Pegram Racing is proud to announce its plans to compete in the entire 2025 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge sports car racing series. The Hebron, Ohio-based team will field former professional Superbike racer Larry Pegram and his 20-year-old daughter Riley Pegram in a Hyundai Elantra N in the Touring Car (TCR) category.
The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge features 10 rounds held at iconic venues like Daytona International Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Laguna Seca Racing, as well as other major markets in the U.S. and Canada. The races, lasting two to four hours, are televised on NBC Sports, Peacock, YouTube, and IMSA.tv to an audience that measured 10.8 unique viewers in 2024. In addition, IMSA's social media channels reached 388 million fans last season.
Larry Pegram is best known for his success as a motorcycle road racer and team owner, having won multiple Superbike races in America's premier series and scored points in the Superbike World Championship. In 2016, Pegram pumped the brakes on his motorcycle racing career and switched to building businesses in Ohio with a sprinkling of four-wheel racing on the side. Now 52, Pegram is returning to professional racing alongside his eldest daughter Riley.
"I've been racing for a long time and enjoyed a lot of success," said the elder Pegram, "but nothing compares to being able to go racing with your daughter. It's a whole different level of enjoyment. And to be able to do it with IMSA, at the best tracks in America, and in front of the greatest fans makes it that much better."
Riley Pegram, age 20, was bitten by the racing bug at age 16, when she entered the karting world and immediately started climbing the ranks. Soon, Riley expanded to racing cars and, in 2023, she jumped into a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America with MDK Motorsports. Riley achieved a perfect finishing record and claimed fourth place in the final Championship standings. After a partial IMSA season that saw her and her father take two top-10 finishes in the final three races of 2024, Riley is locked and loaded for her first full Michelin Pilot Challenge campaign.
"I'm really looking forward to being back in the Michelin Pilot Challenge series, and I feel blessed to do it with our family-run team," said daughter Riley. "We're a new team to IMSA, and we have a lot to learn, so I'm excited to see how we grow and develop during the season.
(Pegram made his latest comeback to motorcycle racing in MotoAmerica Supersport at Mid-Ohio in 2024, leading and finishing third in Supersport Race One but DNF Supersport Race Two with a mechanical issue. Pegram Racing is also planning a new reality TV show, similar to one Larry Pegram did circa 2010-2013 when he was racing in AMA Pro Superbike, called “Superbike Family.” )
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